How do we know the difference between a dream or hallucination and reality?
Descartes asserted that whatever we recognize “clearly and distinctly” is true. Explain the criticism that this formulation fails to meet its own standard. Do you agree that Descartes’s rationalism is based on subjective states rather than on reasons understood “clearly and distinctly”? Discuss. What is the Evil Genius, and what is its significance to the […]
